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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Complaint of the stage carpenter-all
work and no play.
To remove mill-due-pay off what is
due on the mill, of course. -SJtings.
Although the hen is proud of her little
ones, yet does she love to sit on them
Puck.
The most popular man in the P. o. de
partment- General delivery. - Washing
ton Critic.
A man running for Office may get out
of BREATH but he will be more apt to get
out of money.-Picayune.
When you come to think of it, young
man, isn't the marriage ceremony miss
leading p Yonkers Statesman.
An exchange publishes "The Song of
the Gas Man." OF course it is sung to
long meter.-Neoman Independent.
Send us the dresses women has worn,
and we can tell you whether her husband
is in Canada or not. Omaha World.
When you see person literally devour-
ing book you may be sure it is filled
with tender-l lines.-lSt. Paul HenaId
Talk is cheap. The man who talks
too much gets so liberal that he gives
himself away.-Baltimor American.
1t is true that doctors disagree, but
they don't disagree half so much as their
medicines do.-BurliagtOa Free Press.
An up-country town is proud of
female blacksmith. Wepresume she be-
gan by shooing hens.-Shoe and Leather
Reportersx,,
Mr.. JONES' of st. Paul, has had the
blood of TSpb introduced into his
veins. He is now ripe for Wall street.
Burlington Free Press
Coffee lit is well known,
Are apt to make the features brown
And SO the girls, Pm pleased to state,
Have got to using chalk o o..late.
fDei5osit 80 - >; -
No wonder they say the Yankees K.
aggerate. We know one who complained
to his butcher that the last piece of steak
sent him was so tough that his mother
could not chew the gravy.-HoteI Ga
zette.
"What | dislike about the large no.
tells, said Miss Culture, sis their grega-
riousness." "Well, responded the Chi
cago maiden, rather bewildered, ''those
fancy puddings never did agree with me
either. ."-BOSton Globe.
| A man whose fair features were terribly
| marred
Byan accident, said: "Little heed
| People gave TO me once, but my luck, though
| ill-starred,
Now has made me marked man, indeed. =
Boston Budget.
Wong Chin Foo, who has the whiskers
Of tiger, whose waist is three miles
round, and whose wit is the forest of
pencils, asks in the North american Re
sieso. "Why am la heathen~ Because,
oh most wi5e and courtly mandarin, thou
vast born boy. Hadst thou been born
a girl, thou wouldsst have been a she,
then. Send us the chrome. Or hold
we'll take an ulster-Burdette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19
Mashlngton,s wonderful Monument.

| have been living now for some months
at distance of mile away, in full view
of the Washington mOnumeI =, looking
directly upon its eastern face, says cor
respondent of the Kansas City Journal.
1t never seemed twice alike. 1t has its
moods and changes of color, like the tops
of the Swiss Alps. This morning the
base of the G00-foot structure was lost in
a deep blue mist, which filled the valley
for depth of a couple hundred feet,
Then came section Of, perhaps, 100
feet more in which the shaft was purple
and pink, the whole crowned with a
white blazing column, hundreds of feet
high, flashing back the sunlight, set
against deep blue western skyl At
another time you will see the cold, gray
base of the monument rising above the
deep green foliage which surrounds it,
with the dark blue highlands of Airing
ton beyond, and overtopping all these
the graceful shaft pierces the heavens,
towering far above the horizon line, until
its top is lost in a sea of tleecy clouds.
1t is a realized vision of Jacobs ladder,
a real visible stone causeway leading
from heaven to earth. Do you know OF
any other monument like thisl A few
evenings ago there was a grand thunder
shower in the east. The west was black
with darkness, and even the white monu-
mcnt was blotted out of sight, But at
every flash Of the lightning the whole
eastern face of the monument CLEANED
and flashed like polished sword, coming
out of the darkness with suddenness
and vividness that was startling. 1t
seemed to be a CHASTITY monument, a col
umn of electricity, which leaped from
the earth to the sky. | am sure no other
monument in this world can exhibit such
phase as that.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19
InYnnese Fashinns.

The dress of lavcnese women and
children is uniformly of bright-hued
calicoes, fresh and clean, their head
covering a gayly lacquered bamboo hat
of native manufacture, Every woman
must have elaborate inlaid silver breast
pins with which TO fasten her loose upper
robes. Some bamboo hats are exquisite
specimens of plating; the finest qualities
are made of carefully strips Of
bamboo costing in Bantam but a mere
trifle, while in Paris they are retailed at
a profit of nearly 1000 per cent. as true
Panama hats. An English tourist tells
us that he wore one of these Bantamese
mems hats for three years steadily, and
then it was still a good one.-Hrpe's
BazdF.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

The Americans living in Paris held a
meeting on the evening of the day when
some of them had gone to decorate La
fayette's grave, and passed resolutions to
the effect that proper return for the
gift of Bartholdi's stature would be n
statue of Washington, or of Washington
and Lafayette, to be offered to the French
people and to be set up in Paris April
so, 1889, the centennial of the day when,
thanks to the assistance given by France
and Lafayette, our first President took
the oath of office.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

Mr.. w. j. Holland, the naturalist of
the United States eclipse expedition to
Japan, writes to the Pittsburg Dispatch
to say that "the population of Japan is
35,O00,o0O. Investigations made by the
writer lead him to believe that there are
in Japan, for every man, woman and
child, at least 1, 900, 900 fleas. The num-
Der of fleas in japan is, therefore,
80, 600, 600, 600, 600, and their aggregate
weight is 175 tons"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19
The Chinaman's Hospitality.

The Chinese are proverbially hospitablt
during their festival seasons-so sometime,
to the outside barbarians embarrassingly
so, says San Francisco letter to the Bos
ton Transcript. The visitor is invariably
pressed with various confections, some o.
these colorless and fortunately most taste
less, but Of general sliminess of construc
ton; others many tainted and wormlike
that my guid, assured me were composed
of the candied e2trails of rats. | car
only say the form If these latter delica
cies bore out the idea.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19
Recincs.


TRIPE.-A correspondent, of Good
Cheer, who has heard that tripe
is good food for persons of deli
cate digestion, asks how it should
be cooked. A good way is to
first cut it into pieces not more than an
inch square, fry them in butter, and
flavor with onion sliced very thin, and
with pepper and salt.
TEA RUsKs.-One quart of milk
warmed, half cup soft yeast, and flour
to make a thick batter. Mix at night,
and in the morning add one cup each of
butter and sugar rubbed together, and
two eggs we'll beaten and mix into soft
dough. Let it rise again, mold into
biscuit form, put them in a tin, and,
when light, bake. AS you take them
from the oven when done wet the top
J with sweet milk, in which a spoonful of
sugar has been dissolved. 1t makes the
crust tender and hard.
! OUNCE MARMALADF. Pare and core
the fruit and cut it up rather fine. Cover
with water and cook until tender. Mean.
while, i'll another kettle simmer the
cores and skins in sufficient water to
keep them from burning. Strain off the
| gelatinous liquid which will have formed,
and add it to the ounce pulp, with three
quarters of pound of sugar to pound
of the fruit Boil the whole, stirring
constantly until it is smooth mass. Try
it as in making jelly, and when it as
sumes firm consistency make it up il
| jars or bowls as convenient. Cover
tightly and keep in a dry place. 1t vii
keep perfectly the year round.
WAFFLEs.-Pass one pint of warm
soft-boiled rice through seiye
and add to it small teaspoon
full of salt, one tablespoonful o
-four sifted with two teaspoonfuls o
baking powder. Beat the whites o
three eggs to stiff froth. Beat the yolk'
Of the three eggs as light as possible ant
mix with three gills of milk stir tn,
mixture into the rice and flour and ado
an ounce of melted butter add tn,
frothed whites mix all thoroughly to
gether and pour into the waffle iron, bak
ing a delicate brown. The watile-iroi
should be heated, well creased and filled
two thirds full with the mixture.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

wave seized the boat, threw it far from
the place, and in the roaring of the
waves a last, despairing cry was lost.
At last the fisherman had painfully
reached the shore. Women and old men
full of anguish stood waiting the return
ing ones.
Katie" cried voice from the dark
ness, and the girl felt herself embraced
by two arms.
"Christophl thank heaven that you
are here ~
She led him to her house. He was ST.
lent all the way, only holding her fast.
She, too, hardly spoke. When they
reached the house she noticed for the
first time that his clothes were saturated,
and asked the reason. Then his mouth
quivered with repressed pain, while he
answered.
"Katie, the storm destroyed my boat.
Lars snatched me from the waves, but he
himself fell into the sea and"
"Whatw she asked breathlessly.
az could not save him, !" he said almost
inaudibly.
After few days the sea washed the
body OF Lars ashore. 1t was the only
sacrifice it had demanded that day. Lars
had no parents living, but even parents
could not have shed more burning tears
than Kate and Christoph when he was
buried in the little churchyard. The
thought of him, the consciousness that
his sacrifice had secured their happiness
never left them.
Long after Katie went to the altar with
ChristOph, and when they came from the
church their first steps were directed to
the grave of Lars.-AUdRy Argus.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

Mr.. @. OBJ. Cowardin, the editor of
the Richmond (Va.) Dispatch, has re-
ceived from the United States Govern
ment 81, wages due him as 'No. s."
The Richmond State explains that some
time ago there was vessel in distress off
Cobb's Island. The captain of the life
station ordered out. a life-boat, but he
needed one man to complete the crew.
His call for volunteers was ancwered by
Mr.. Cowardin, who performed the duty
of 'No. O." and was known as ''No B."
AS "No. o" knew what he was about,
the ship was reached and saved.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

Efforts for special education in agri-
culture are gaining ground in public
esteem all over the world. We notice in
a London exchange that the Lords of
the Committee of Council on Education
have directed that the title of the office
of Lecturer in Agriculture, held by Pro-
fessor Wrightson, in the Normal School
of Science and Royal School of Mines,
should be altered to that of Professor in
Agriculture. This happily raises agri-
culture in respect to status among the
other branches of education conducted
under the Committee of Council on Edu-
cation.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

The RaR'oay Age says; at is probable
TINT number of miles of new road
constructed in the United States during
1887 will be about $4,000. This figure
is the greatest on record. 1t has never
been approached except in 1882, when
the total was II, ,56s miles. Track laying
for 1887, up to September I, aggregates
6,46s miles. Kansas still continues far
in the lead over the other States in the
work of railway construction. .ss~.,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19
THE UNBRu1sED GRAIN.

There's silence in the mill,
The great wheel standeth still,
And leaves the grain unbruised.
The miller gray and old,
Who lieth dead and cold,
Hath earned his blessed rest.
o youth, take thou his place
And, with uplifted face,
Work thou for human need.
Let not life's force in thee
Unused and wasted be--
Take thou the true mans placel
Grace Webster HinSddIe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

Ida Lewis Wilson, the lighthouse
heroine, still keeps the old boat in which
she has saved thirteen people, and shah
by as it looks she uses it, and says if she
were again to have the opportunity to
rescue the drowning she'd take the old
boat rather than the handsome new ono
presented her by the citizens of Newport.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

There is a typographical error in spell
ing the word I'trust" on the back of the
new So silver certificates. There is an
"a" fora "u," making il 'trast." You
will find il just over the letter 't' in the
word estates"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

A writer in Harpe,'s Magazine informs
us that in Chill there are no stoves or
fireplaces, and that millionaires sit
around in cold palaces with their wraps
on. No wonder that country is called
(rh;l;
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

The New York Graphic informs us
that "Jesus Waldonado, ranchman, is
dead at Vera Cruz, Mexico, at the un-
doubted age of 1853 years. Among the
pall-bearers at his funeral were three
sons, aged 14O, 1870 and 100 years They
were white haired, but strong and
fl...t.. %
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

In 1880 there were only about 500
miles of railway in Mexico. BY the close
of the present year there will be more
than 3, 800, with a capital of $l20, 000,-
600 invested. of this amount 2, 200
miles are owned and operated by Ameri-
cans. Their bonft 10 the country is
demonstrated by the increase of the
public revenues from Sl7,S0O, 600 in
1879 TO $3s, 900, 900 in 1856,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

From So, 900, 900 TO 81, 900, 600 worth
of gold is used annually in the shape Of
foil for gliding, lettering, edging Of
books, sign and ornamental painting and
dentistry, gliding taking the greater
share.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-10-19

The use of the word ''butterine" has
been legally forbidden in England. 1t
must be called margarine
The Washington critic., 1887-12-05
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

TnE benefit performance for the Actors
Fund, at the New York Grand Opera. House
last Thursday, realized 80 1866, the largest
on record In the history OF the fund.
ONLY three silver dollars OF the coinage
Of 1904 ere supposed to be In existence, and
two OF these are located. The whereabouts
Of the third Ia unknown. Its numismatc
value Is $500.
A HUNDRED applications have already
been filed for admission to the new Soldiers
Home established by the state at Mar
shslltown, Iowa, aud formally dedicated
last week. The buildings cost Sl00, 900 aud
the grounds were donation.
The New York Graphic claims to have
doubled its circulation In the last four
weeks, and will hereafter issue but one edi-
tion daily-at three O'Clock which the new
management says will be as good paper as
men and money eau make.
The completion OF the California aud
| Oregon Railroad is to DO celebrated at Port
| land, Oregon, In few days, the ceremony
| Of driving the last spike taking place at
Ashland, Oregon.
| The historic warehouses are speeding
hence very rapidly, and they will be all
gone long before the last pension claim Is
| filed. The latest to depart was "Old jeff -
| who served In the First Ohio Cavalry, and
recently died at Washington, Ohio, aged 81
| years. BY some II is claimed that "Old
Jtff was the last survivor Of the war.
HENRY AUGUST Won BULow, nephew OF
| Herr Won Bulow, the famous German
pianist, Is soon to marry Miss Annie suyde
| Of Philadelphia.
GAIL HAMILTON sailed for Europe Satur-
day by the Gascogne to join Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaine in Paris.
| THE Sunday Times, London newspa per
established about eighty years ago, having
latterly fallen into q decline through bad
management, has passed into new hands
and under the editorial control OF Phil.
| Robinson. The first Issue Of the new series
appeared yesterday. 1t is to be penny
paper.
NEARLY 500 Scandlnavans from the
Northwest, including 200 women, took pas,
sage on the steamer Hekla Saturday for
Denmark and Sweden to spend the Christ
mas holidays at their old homes, according
| to long g-established custom. The fare fol
the rouDd.trip from Chicago to Copenhagen
and return is S65.
HISTORY OF the claes OF '37 has jas,
been added to the Yale College Library
Chief Justice Waite, Rev George Dunleld,
Senator EvArts and Samuel J. Tilden were
| members of this cllSs
The Washington critic., 1887-12-05
BABY AND TaE SOLDIERS,

Rough and ready tho troopcrG ride.
Great bearded men with swords by side;
They have ridden iorg, they h ,ve ridden hard,
They are travel stained aud battle.scarred;
The hard ground shakes with their martial
And coarse Is the laugh Of the men of the
camp.
They reach spot where o mother stands,
With baby ciapping Its little hands,
Laughing aloud at the gallant sight
OF tho mounted soldiers fresh from the fight,
The captain laughs ont; I'm give you this,
A handful of gold your babyto kiss"
Smiles the mother. "a klss can't be sold,
But gladly he'll kiss a soldier bold"
He lifts up the babe with manly grace,
And covers with kisses Its smiling face,
Its rosy cheeks, and It's dImpled charms,
And II crows with delight in the soldiers
arms.
''Not all for tho captain, the soldiers call;
''Tbe baby, we know, has a kiss for all.n
To the soldiers breasts the baby is pressed
by the strong, rough men, and by turns
caressed,
And louder il laughs. and the mother fair
Smiles with mute JOY as the kisses they share.
"Just such kiss" cries one trooper grim,
"When left my boy gave TO hint
"And Just such a kiss on the parting day
gave TO my girl as asleep she lay"
Such were the words OF the soldiers bravo.
And their eyes were moist as the kiss they
-Ichicago Ledger.
The Washington critic., 1887-12-05
MIR. oAnLrsLE,s nE-EIrorIos.


The denomination of Mr.. Carlisle to
the Speakership of the House was so
much foregone conclusion that It ex.
cites no surprise and provokcs no critI.
cism--any more than the rising Of the
sun.
No one else aspired 10 the distinction,
not because of the obvious impossible.
ily Of securing q nomination as against
the Kentucky statesman, but for the
reason that nobody else wanted 1t so
long as the honor belonged to the Ken.
lucky statesman on the principle of
natural selection and he was willing to
accept It.
There are some Members of Congress
who would prefer to see Mr.. Carlisle
leader on the floor of the House, but
even these admit that the qualities
which most distinguish him above other
men fit him rather for the duties of a
presiding officer than for the aggressive
contentious OF debate, aul that the
Sreakership affords him far better
opportunities than any other position
could for shaping the policy and har.
monizlng the councils Of the Demo.
cratic pariy-in other words, for exer.
cising the higher duties aud trusts of
leadership.
But aside from political considera-
tions Mr.. Carlisle was peculiarly en-.
titled to this renewed expression of con-
iidence.
lie may not always have pleased his
party friends In the selection of COM
mlltees and distribution of chairman.
ships. but no one has ever questioned
the honesty or justice of his intentions.
No one who has preceded him In office
has made fewer mistakes or caused
fewer cart.burnings while in the dis
charge of his parliamentary respousi.
billties 1t is universally conceded that
he is not only able and courageous. but
singularly free Of prejudice, uniformly
equitable In his rulings and pre-
eminently well equipped with the
knowledge, the dignity and the expert
ence requisite to an efficient execution
of the powers with which he Is In
trusted.
We know of but one newspaper II
the United States which ha venturet
the opinion that he Is an unfit nan fol
the spealrership-but one thet hal
sought to cast a shadow upon bill
The Washington critic., 1887-12-05
GENERAL AND cRI rIouLAR.

The Republicans eld caucus Saturday
night aud nominated candidates for the
House Offices:
How pithless Is all action here,
How pregnant, too, with nothingness;
A shadow which no substance casts,
And yet II seeketh TO beget
a substance.
a body without arms that stretches hands
To grasp at that which is not!
Rats
To Breckenridge and Blount:
Let dogs delight to bark and bite
For IT'S their nature to;
But little BIS should hide their stings,
And Sip the honey dew.
oh, sweet
Oh, huml
oh, sweet, sweet hum'
10 Congress-Let her go, Gallagher!
Breckenridge and Blount fought nercely
In the caucus, but 1t was Doneson who was
fatally Hurt.
There Is no blood upon the moon;
We will not kill each other yeti
\ Congressman's apology
Is always lOaueu, you can Det.
/ breckenridge and Blount.
THE MEETING or CONGRESS.
Twas morn,
The morn OF Congress day
Low hung the clouds along the sky;
A sombre eky,
As II the heavens had put on black
And flung their mourning to tue breeze.
And large drops fell
The sweet, upsalted tears OF angels fair,
or lady angels In their lofty home,
Who wept because upon
The cold, hard enrih
The teuder.handtd Congressmen
We're called to labor
And to Brdunus toll;
For men must work
And angels must weep.
Thus Congressman earn their pay
Note by the EDITOR The above poem being
translated means that It was cloudy this
morning, with rain, aud that II is the ilrst
Monday in December.